As Ari Berman of The Nation magazine details:
Republicans in North Carolina are pulling out all the stops to suppress the state’s reliably Democratic black vote. After the Fourth Circuit court reinstated a week of early voting, GOP-controlled county elections boards are now trying to cut early voting hours across the state. By virtue of holding the Governor’s office, Republicans control a majority of votes on all county election boards and yesterday they voted to cut 238 hours of early voting in Charlotte’s Mecklenburg County, the largest in the state.
“I’m not a big fan of early voting,” said GOP board chair Mary Potter Summa, brazenly disregarding the federal appeals court’s opinion. “The more [early voting] sites we have, the more opportunities exist for violations.”
This crap has gone too far already. The US DOJ needs to open an investigation about the obvious conspiracy to limit early voting by various county boards of election. This stuff doesn't happen by accident, it takes coordination. Hat-tip to JW Williamson for his honorable mention:
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